Melanie, a 15-Year-Old Girl, Is at an Emergency Room and She

Melanie, a 15-year-old girl, is at an emergency room and she is telling the doctors she is 18 in an attempt to receive treatment without the permission and knowledge of her parents. She most likely possesses what style of legal consciousness ______.

A) before the law
B) after the law
C) with the law
D) against the law